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Jack Kirby
Deceased

How Did Jack Kirby Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 76
Also known asJacob Kurtzberg, 杰克·科比, جک کربیGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn28/08/1917Born inNew York City, New York, USADied06/02/1994 (aged 76)Died inThousand OaksCauseheart failureWikidataQ311607 ↗Buried atValhalla Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#18866 ↗

Jack Kirby was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack Kirby.

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Filmography10 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2023Superpowered: The DC StorySeriesSelf (archive footage)106
2023Stan LeeMovieSelf (voice) (archive footage)106
2017Jack Kirby: A Personal JourneyMovieHimself100
2017Kirby at War: La Guerre De KirbyMovieSelf (archive footage)100
2007Jack Kirby: Story TellerMovieSelf90
2001Once Upon a Time: The Super HeroesMovieSelf (archive footage)84
1992BobSeriesJack Kirby75
1975Starsky & HutchSeries—58
1975S.W.A.T.Series—58
0KirbyvisionMovieSelf (archive footage)—